Portland Press Herald News Stories

“Malarkey,” a term popularized by Joe Biden for nonsense or rubbish talk, comes to Portland Press Herald readers in frequent doses. Online comments on letters to the editor are predictably monopolized by the same few trolls who have been wrong on nearly every important national issue for the past 10 years. They’re hopelessly intolerant of […]

Imports from Maine’s largest international trading partner may face steeper taxes next month, the result of the president’s continued frustrations over a trade deficit and fentanyl smuggling.

As a resident of House District 90, here in Auburn, it’s “comforting” to know that the majority party in Augusta has seen fit to restore our collective voices. As we all know, earlier in the session our representative, Laurel Libby, had the audacity to question the legislative leadership’s perspective on social media posts, and was […]

The town's updated proposal focuses on how to accommodate rapid post-pandemic population growth while also preserving the town's rural character.

Dozens of outstanding criminal defense lawyers in this state are simply maxed out — and paid at rates that are less than half of what private attorneys charge in other areas of practice.

The world's largest concert promoter's proposed 3,300-seat venue should be rejected.

The senior won Miss Maine Field Hockey and led the Cheverus field hockey and ice hockey teams to their third state championships — each — during her four years.

Our country might look a whole lot different right now without some big decisions by Washington's senior set.

I’m still looking for sharks each time I swim in the ocean.

Republicans are counting on short memories in 2026.